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the government will come in and build businesses. the government will pretty much takeover. you have no room to dream. we have the ipad, the iphones. the reason we have them is because people were able to dream. if we do not have these things available so people can build stuff, it will be a lack for everybody. when you give people the freedom to be who they are and to build stuff and to do stuff without the government there, things can prosper. it is common sense. can tell by looking at obama and listening to the way he speaks, he tries to confuse people by the way he speaks. i am the kind of guy who likes the truth. if you're lying, you are lying. i believe the american dream is heading downhill. unfortunately, i came over here to live that dream. i am living it because i and the kind who is a very successful matter what the situation is. host: it sounds like the american dream has worked for you. caller: right now, but it will get worse the way it is going. if i say, if we keep going in this direction there is a whole there and if you keep walking you will fall into it, t
the government will come in and build businesses. the government will pretty much takeover. you have no room to dream. we have the ipad, the iphones. the reason we have them is because people were able to dream. if we do not have these things available so people can build stuff, it will be a lack for everybody. when you give people the freedom to be who they are and to build stuff and to do stuff without the government there, things can prosper. it is common sense. can tell by looking at obama...
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but the fact is, the role of government and governing -- we've lost a pod, in other words. we only have three minutes left in the debate before we go to your closing statements. i want to ask finally here, and remember, we've got three minutes total time here -- the question is this. many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected -- reelected, in your case -- would you do about that? governor? >> jim, i had a great experience -- it didn't it seem like it at the time -- of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87 percent democrat. that meant i figured out from the one i had to get along and i had a work request the aisle -- >> what would you do as president? >> as president, i will sit down on day one -- actually, the day after i get elected -- i will sit down with democratic leaders as well as republican leaders and continue -- as we did in my state -- we met every monday for a couple of hours. we have to work on a collaborative basis, not because we're going to compr
but the fact is, the role of government and governing -- we've lost a pod, in other words. we only have three minutes left in the debate before we go to your closing statements. i want to ask finally here, and remember, we've got three minutes total time here -- the question is this. many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected -- reelected, in your case -- would you do about that? governor?...
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you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the cost that the government ever will be. your example of the cleveland clinic is exactly my point. this is the private market. these are enterprises competing with each other and learning how to do better jobs. i used to consult to hospitals and health-care providers. i was astonished at the creativity and innovation that exists in the american people. in order to bring the cost of health care down, we do not need a board of the 15 people telling us what kind of treatments we should have. we should have insurance plans, hospitals, doctors on targets so that
you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the...
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the government does he a role. and that people all over the district to did not predict i met people all over the district -- i met people all over the district who cannot get connectivity for their cell phone or their cell phone to work. these are things this will create roads. this is back when the marginal rate was 94% in this country. i want you to pay more. you have earned a lot more. the government does have a macro view, a duty to talk to the states, as to what they need. if they have enough tax revenue, i think they have the lowest since 1950. it has been a long time. they're saying we can work with the state. give the states the power to work with the money they want to. the federal government needs to get out of the way. remember the interstate program. remember the trip to the loan. beazer all federally funded programs. >> -- these are all federally funded programs. >> e-mails characterized my statements once again. i think the state ought to have control. i am not saying that washington should not give
the government does he a role. and that people all over the district to did not predict i met people all over the district -- i met people all over the district who cannot get connectivity for their cell phone or their cell phone to work. these are things this will create roads. this is back when the marginal rate was 94% in this country. i want you to pay more. you have earned a lot more. the government does have a macro view, a duty to talk to the states, as to what they need. if they have...
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i'm not for big government. i was excited with the national health-care plan until i started talking to some friends and relatives of mine that work in the health-care industry that were expressing concern. i have an aunt that works in the health-care industry and working with the disabled. she says it will be a disaster. she knows people personally and companies that will lose the medicare to the national health care system. they will not be able to accept medicare. that ownsme on goauncles some businesses. i don't consider them wealthy. they will be hit hard through this, if obama gets his tax increases through. host: are you leaning towards mitt romney at this point? caller: it would be hard to persuade me. that rahm it appears to be a leader. mitt romney has worked across the lines -- mitt romney appears to be a leader. i believe he will look down and will cut you off and that is what he has done with the congress. i did not believe that we can handle another four years like we had with this government. host
i'm not for big government. i was excited with the national health-care plan until i started talking to some friends and relatives of mine that work in the health-care industry that were expressing concern. i have an aunt that works in the health-care industry and working with the disabled. she says it will be a disaster. she knows people personally and companies that will lose the medicare to the national health care system. they will not be able to accept medicare. that ownsme on goauncles...
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there is no accountability in government. we have an education department -- we need to audit every one of these departments. we need some metrics, coles and objectives, we need to run the state like a business. >> mr. maloney, years ago, the word privatization -- today, there is praise for the privatization of the worker's compensation system. would you privatize other sectors of state government? if so, which once and house and went to do it? >> -- h -- which one and house and would you do it? -- how soon would you do? >> there is a long list of things the government does. i sat with a bunch of podcasters last night talking about how did -- i sat with a bunch of contractors last night talking about how to get infrastructure funding. >> what are they? >> i am in the construction field so i have been a around a lot of those people. it is so much cheaper for the state to do it. they did not look at the overhead. the overhead the state has is a huge number. if you put a pencil to it, there are a lot of things that the state cou
there is no accountability in government. we have an education department -- we need to audit every one of these departments. we need some metrics, coles and objectives, we need to run the state like a business. >> mr. maloney, years ago, the word privatization -- today, there is praise for the privatization of the worker's compensation system. would you privatize other sectors of state government? if so, which once and house and went to do it? >> -- h -- which one and house and...
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every $10 from the federal government, local government has to give $1. here is the thing, when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waived the stafford act, said that it was too serious a problem and that they could not expect new york city to rebuild on its own. that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said -- look at this devastation, we do not expect you to come up with that money. here is the money to rebuild. we will not wait for you to scratch it together, because you are part of the american family. what is happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your stafford act money? apparently the bullet hasn't been taken now. -- out. tells me that somehow the people down in new orleans, they do not care about as much. host: we mentioned earlier that this video has been public for a while. it was touted as a brand new video, to be unveiled yesterday, but cbs points out that it has been in the public eye prior to yesterday. sandra, massachusetts, hello. what question would you like to ask that the de
every $10 from the federal government, local government has to give $1. here is the thing, when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waived the stafford act, said that it was too serious a problem and that they could not expect new york city to rebuild on its own. that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said -- look at this devastation, we do not expect you to come up with that money. here is the money to rebuild. we will not wait for you to scratch it...
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and approach to government. and, you know, substance will save it for c-span. >> you know, to the second part of your question, i guess my reaction is that -- i say this as someone who was born and raised in louisiana. i don't think there is any significance voter fraud in this country. widespread organized voter fraud. i think the bush justice department found 400 individual cases in eight years so that works out to one case per state per year which seems to me, you know, fairly light. so i think a lot of what's going on, do i think that a lot of republicans and conservatives, do i think if you gave them shots of sodium pentathol and wired them up to polygraph machine and asked them is there a significant vote fraud problem in this country, i think overwhelmingly they would say yes and pass that lie detector test. now i don't think there really is but i think they're convinced of it. but i think there is some political opportunism that's taking place out there as well. and i don't really -- i mean if glen wants
and approach to government. and, you know, substance will save it for c-span. >> you know, to the second part of your question, i guess my reaction is that -- i say this as someone who was born and raised in louisiana. i don't think there is any significance voter fraud in this country. widespread organized voter fraud. i think the bush justice department found 400 individual cases in eight years so that works out to one case per state per year which seems to me, you know, fairly light....
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all five children are on the government. he figures his job as a parent is that his children can get on welfare, and that is a fact. the reason this video did not hurt romney is because it is a true. there are people who are gaming the system. guest: to begin with, under welfare reform that newt gingrich and clinton and others tout, you announce a bus to be on welfare as a child and when you become 18 and -- why not supposed to be on welfare as a child and when you become a key and not work. i don't understand your brother's situation. it does not comport with the policy as described these days. mitt romney is free to say that there are people who are getting the system. he did not say that. he said that anybody was on entitlements, anybody on a telegram, trying to go to college about themselves -- anybody on a pell grant, trying to go to college to better themselves, anybody on food stamps, people on medicare, medicaid -- i don't know if you use any of those -- that they are all part of the emerging -- mooching society. peo
all five children are on the government. he figures his job as a parent is that his children can get on welfare, and that is a fact. the reason this video did not hurt romney is because it is a true. there are people who are gaming the system. guest: to begin with, under welfare reform that newt gingrich and clinton and others tout, you announce a bus to be on welfare as a child and when you become 18 and -- why not supposed to be on welfare as a child and when you become a key and not work. i...
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has. -- outlays that the government has. i think the number is about 1%. i know those that support foreign aid will say is a slice and it does do a certain amount of work the state department believes is important in terms of helping friends and allies around the world. i'm sorry i do not know more about the specific tax. as part of the nation's new health care law that was passed in 2010, there is going to be provisions where health care providers will be taxed or fined if they are not meeting standards in patient care. that is part of the effort to bring down the cost of providing patient care by penalizing those providers that are not hitting standards. so, what the caller was talking about, that is something that will start. there are other new taxes as part of the health care law. upper income households will be paid, again, folks in the $250 ,000 grange, -- range, on the next dollar they earn, they will face a slightly higher, but i think it is a 0.9% tax. there are new taxes. as far as the pipeline, that is something
has. -- outlays that the government has. i think the number is about 1%. i know those that support foreign aid will say is a slice and it does do a certain amount of work the state department believes is important in terms of helping friends and allies around the world. i'm sorry i do not know more about the specific tax. as part of the nation's new health care law that was passed in 2010, there is going to be provisions where health care providers will be taxed or fined if they are not meeting...
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greg is the senior vice president of global government relations, and he feeds the government affairs activities for utc as well as their activities in china, russia, and the eu. he is well known in washington and well respected and very well liked. please welcome greg. [applause] >> thank you, victoria. >> you're welcome. >> charlie wanted to know when victoria was doing with such a nice introduction for me, for god's sakes. something must have happened last night. probably the nats in first place. [applause and boos] boo? what's with that. this is always a great event to participate in. this is an exciting moment after the debate. it looks like we may have a presidential race here. 33 days to go. everybody is looking forward to hearing from charlie, so we will hand it back over to you. thank you very much for being here. back to victoria. [applause] >> i think all of you know trolly cockpit that is why you are here -- i think all of you know charlie cooke. that is why you are here. he and his team put together some of the best political reports and analysis in town, and they are red
greg is the senior vice president of global government relations, and he feeds the government affairs activities for utc as well as their activities in china, russia, and the eu. he is well known in washington and well respected and very well liked. please welcome greg. [applause] >> thank you, victoria. >> you're welcome. >> charlie wanted to know when victoria was doing with such a nice introduction for me, for god's sakes. something must have happened last night. probably...
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government. i want to get it down to its historic place of closer to 20% over time and that's going to take work. it's going to take some time. but in the fullness of time, we have no choice. >> as a united states senator you would be called upon to vote up or down on supreme court no, ma'am niece. do you have a litmus test for judges and specifically to you senator could you vote in the affirmative for a justice who might find the march act that same sex couples are not entitled to benefits unconstitutional and senator could you vote for a justice that might reverse row v. wade. >> i don't have a litmus test. i've had experience nominating judges and confirming judges to the supreme court as a member of the senate. i'm going to look to nominees for their intellect, their experience, for their predisposition to not legitimate late from the bench. and i will look to nominees of the president of either party and treat them fairly as i have in the past. >> well, i agree with my opponent to this vari
government. i want to get it down to its historic place of closer to 20% over time and that's going to take work. it's going to take some time. but in the fullness of time, we have no choice. >> as a united states senator you would be called upon to vote up or down on supreme court no, ma'am niece. do you have a litmus test for judges and specifically to you senator could you vote in the affirmative for a justice who might find the march act that same sex couples are not entitled to...
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, regional governments, local governments. so many times, cities and states and counties, provinces around the world, they are always waiting for some action on the national level. for instance, environmental issues -- the fact of the matter is that if you -- you as the state or local government can do a lot to move the agenda forward. we had a disagreement with washington under the bush administration when i became governor. they did their thing to protect the environment, we had another vision in california. we disagree, but we move forward. we did not wait for anybody. we made commitments to reduce greenhouse gases by 25% by year 2020 and 85% by year 2015. we came up with a portfolio of renewable -- a renewable portfolio of 30% by 2020. new common standards. all the things we did -- so much so that secretary-general bank ki-moon encouraged all the other countries to go in the same direction, national governments -- sub-national governments have power and organization. he wanted to encourage them to go in that direction. env
, regional governments, local governments. so many times, cities and states and counties, provinces around the world, they are always waiting for some action on the national level. for instance, environmental issues -- the fact of the matter is that if you -- you as the state or local government can do a lot to move the agenda forward. we had a disagreement with washington under the bush administration when i became governor. they did their thing to protect the environment, we had another...
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if that is big government, small government -- i do not know. is it controlled government? i think the citizens have a right to control their own destiny in their own city. this is on the ballot in november and i am telling everybody in michigan to vote it down. we do not need dictatorship. host: thank you so much. that is on at the role of government in relation to the city and the federal government. this comes from twitter -- >> debate news. more than 67 million people watched the first presidential debate of this election cycle. more than 50 million people watched the first presidential debate four years ago. about 12 million of the 67 million you watched president obama square off against mitt romney worked in the ages of 18 to 34. nearly 31 million or 55 years or older. fox news channel average from a 10.4 million viewers. a big improvement from four years ago. cnn, about 6.1 million viewers. still strong enough to be the msnbc average. this summer does not include the number of people who watched on the internet -- this number does not include the number of people wa
if that is big government, small government -- i do not know. is it controlled government? i think the citizens have a right to control their own destiny in their own city. this is on the ballot in november and i am telling everybody in michigan to vote it down. we do not need dictatorship. host: thank you so much. that is on at the role of government in relation to the city and the federal government. this comes from twitter -- >> debate news. more than 67 million people watched the...